FIM Supersport World Championship

Provisional pole in Supersport qualifying went to Australian Broc Parkes (Yamaha World Supersport), who set his fastest lap of 2 minutes 3.604 seconds ten minutes from the end of the session. Fellow countryman Joshua Brookes (Hannspree Stiggy Motorsport Honda) was three-tenths behind in second place, the two Aussies the only two riders to dip under the 2'04" mark. Parkes' time was over 1 second quicker than the circuit best lap, set by Sofuoglu last year. Championship leader Andrew Pitt (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda) made it three Aussies on the front row, but Craig Jones (Parkalgar Honda) prevented a clean sweep for ‘down under', the British rider edging out Mark Aitchison (Triumph Italia BE1) for the fourth slot by two-tenths. Frenchman Fabien Foret (Yamaha World Supersport) had two crashes today, suffering concussion and a cracked vertebra in the second, injuries that will keep him out of this weekend's race.

Times: 1. Parkes B. (AUS) Yamaha YZF-R6 2'03.604; 2. Brookes J. (AUS) Honda CBR600RR 2'03.922; 3. Pitt A. (AUS) Honda CBR600RR 2'04.176; 4. Jones C. (GBR) Honda CBR600RR 2'04.194; 5. Aitchison M. (AUS) Triumph 675 2'04.377; 6. Veneman B. (NED) Suzuki GSX-R600 2'04.552; 7. Rea J. (GBR) Honda CBR600RR 2'04.622; 8. Lagrive M. (FRA) Honda CBR600RR 2'04.654.

Superstock 1000 FIM Cup

Top slot in the opening Superstock 1000 qualifying session went to Maxime Berger (Hannspree IDS Ten Kate Honda), who finished three-tenths ahead of Claudio Corti, the Italian finding the pace again on his Yamaha Motor Italia Junior Team R1. They are joined on the overnight front row by points leader Xavier Simeon (Alstare Suzuki), who raced with a broken collarbone at Misano, and a surprising Andrea Antonelli (Althea Racing Honda). Four more potential candidates for the win in Sunday's race, Brendan Roberts (Ducati Xerox Junior Team), Michele Pirro (Yamaha Lorenzini by Leoni), Matej Smrz (MS Racing Honda) and Alex Polita (Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati) were next up.

Times: 1. Berger M. (FRA) Honda CBR1000RR 2'04.062; 2. Corti C. (ITA) Yamaha YZF-R1 2'04.311; 3. Simeon X. (BEL) Suzuki GSX-R1000 2'04.844; 4. Antonelli A. (ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 2'04.854; 5. Roberts B. (AUS) Ducati 1098R 2'04.895; 6. Pirro M. (ITA) Yamaha YZF-R1 2'05.012; 7. Smrz M. (CZE) Honda CBR1000RR 2'05.069; 8. Polita A. (ITA) Ducati 1098R 2'05.194.

European 600 Superstock Championship

The Superbike result was repeated in the Superstock 600 first qualifying session, with hometown man Patrick Vostarek (Intermoto Czech Honda) stopping the clocks in a time of 2 minutes 7.378 seconds. Second place went to championship leader Loris Baz (YZF Yamaha Junior Team) from France. Italian Marco Bussolati (Yamaha Motor Italia Junior Time) put in a good lap for third place, and he was followed by the two British StoneBaker Yamaha riders, Gino Rea and Dan Linfoot.

Times: 1. Vostárek P. (CZE) Honda CBR600RR 2'07.378; 2. Baz L. (FRA) Yamaha YZF-R6 2'07.571; 3. Bussolotti M. (ITA) Yamaha YZF-R6 2'08.120; 4. Rea G. (GBR) Yamaha YZF-R6 2'08.277; 5. Linfoot D. (GBR) Yamaha YZF-R6 2'08.996; 6. Jezek O. (CZE) Kawasaki ZX-6R 2'09.248; 7. Sembera M. (CZE) Honda CBR600RR 2'09.355; 8. Beretta D. (ITA) Suzuki GSX-R600 2'09.493.